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MS Mus. 360
- Record Id:
- 040-001946510
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001946468
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000248.0x0000f2
- LARK:
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- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 360
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- Scope & Content:
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MS Mus. 360. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xxxv. Chamber music; [1982-84].
ff. 119. 380 x 280mm. ff. 37-8 have suffered water damage.
1. ff. 1-11. ‘Scots Jigganspiel’, for piano solo, op.95; [1981-82]. Photocopy of the autograph manuscript, with photocopied and autograph correction slips added, and autograph corrections in pencil. ‘Dedicated in warm affection to Ronald Stevenson’ (f. 1). The piece makes use of the reels ‘Sweet Molly’, ‘Duke of Perth’ and ‘Tullochgorum’, and the strathspeys ‘Marquis of Huntley’s Farewell’ and ‘Stumpie’.
2. ff. 12-14. ‘A Song from the North’, for piano solo, op.97; 17 Feb. 1983. In ink. Dedicated to Thomas Pitfield. ‘The tune is that of a calling-on song, used by the sword-dancers of Earsdon, Northumberland’ (f. 12). Published Manchester: Forsyth Bros, 1983, reproduced from the autograph.
3. ff. 15-36. Six short pieces for piano solo, op.99; [1980-83]. In ink. Published Wendover: Roberton Publications, 1988.
i. f. 16. ‘Invention for Two Voices’. Photocopy of the autograph.
ii. ff. 17-18. ‘Evening Lyric’.
iii. ff. 19-21. ‘Tyne-side Reel’.
iv. ff. 22-6. ‘Ceremonial’.
v. ff. 27-8. ‘Song’.
vi. ff. 29-36. ‘Rondino’.
4. ff. 37-67. ‘Summer Fields and Hedge-rows’, two impressions for clarinet and piano, op.100; June–July 1983. Dedicated to Nancy Bush.
i. ff. 37-61. Score, in ink. With a typewritten list of corrections (f. 39).
ii. ff. 62-7. Clarinet part, in ink.
5. ff. 68-119. Quintet for string quartet and piano, op.104; [1984-85]. Score, in ink.
i. ff. 69-93. ‘I: Introduction and Allegro’.
ii. ff. 93v-105v. ‘II: Meditation’.
iii. ff. 106-13. ‘III: Scherzo’.
iv. ff. 113v-119. ‘IV: Epilogue’.
includes:
- ff. 1-11 Ronald Stevenson, composer and pianist: Piano music by A. D. Bush , dedicated to Ronald Stevenson: [1970-82].
- ff. 12-14 Thomas Baron Pitfield, composer: 'A Song from the North', op.97, by A. D. Bush , dedicated to Thomas Baron Pitfield: 1983.
- ff. 37-67 Nancy Rachel Bush, wife of Alan Bush, composer: Compositions by A. D. Bush , dedicated to Nancy Rachel Bush: 1936-87.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001946468
036-001946499
040-001946510 - Is part of:
- MS Mus. 326-673 : Alan Bush Collection
MS Mus. 350-366 : B. Chamber and instrumental music.
MS Mus. 360 : MS Mus. 360. Alan Bush Collection. Vol. xxxv. Chamber music; [1982-84]. ff. 119. 380 x 280mm. ff. 37-8 have suffered water… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001946468[0002]/036-001946499[0011]/040-001946510
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 326-673
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1980
- End Date:
- 1985
- Date Range:
- 1980-1985
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Bush, Nancy Rachel, wife of Alan Bush composer, 1907-1991
Pitfield, Thomas Baron, composer, 1903-1999
Stevenson, Ronald, composer and pianist, 1928-2015